teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
baa (sound of a sheep); meh
baa (sound of a sheep); meh
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
towel twisted into a headband
impossible; unlikely; improbable
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to be smeared; to be covered
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to chase; to run after; to pursue
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to attract someone with food
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
coordination; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
night view; night skyline; nightscape
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)